Fire-grate.



J. B. CLARK.

FIRE GRATE.

APPLICATION FILED JULY 20, 1910.

1,000,"? 1 6; Patented Aug. 15, 1911.

fl lllllll "UNITE STATES" JAMES B; CLARK,0EHARRISBURG,ARKANSAS.

FIRE RA'rE. i

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, Janus B. Cnamna citizen of the United States,residing at Harrislmrg, in the county of .loinsett and State ofArkansas, have invented. certain' new and useful Improvements in Fire-(trates, of which the following is a specification.

My invention has relation to improvements in fire grates and especiallyto grates to be used within a sheet iron heater and so arranged thatcoal, corn cobs, short bloclcs'of wood and trash of all kinds may beburned in such stoves without injury to walls of the fire boxes thereof.

By the use of my grate an underneath draft is obtained, and, at the sametime, a draft is obtained from each side of the grate. from the stovewhen it is desired to burn long wood, when the ordinary fiatgrate, uponwhich my improved grate rests, is employed.

WVith theforegoingand other objects in view my invention consists in thenovel features of construction, combination and arrangement of parts asare described in this specification, illustrated in the accompanyingdrawings forming a part thereof and particularly pointed out in theappended claims.

Referring more particularly to the draw ings: Figure 1 is alongitudinal, vertical section of a sheet iron stove in which myimproved grate has been employed. Fig. 2 is a side elevation of thegrate. Fig. 3 is a top plan view thereof. Fig. lis a front elevation oi?my improved grate. I

Referring more particularly to the draw:

ings, my invention is described, in detail,

as follows:

The store 1 which is preferably constructed of sheet. iron is providedwith the usual tlat grate 2 upon which my improvet l grate rests. Saidgrate is provided with four walls, namely, a rear wall 4;. a front wall5 and respective'side walls (3 and 7. The rear wall extends dowmvard sothat its lower edge contacts said flat grate 2, said wall not beingprovidedv with any openings for the passage of air. The front wall 5 isprovided with a semi-circular opening 8 I for' the,- purpose ofpermitting the draft passing underand through the horizontal grate 9,which horizontal grate is supported by each of the walls above named.The

This grate can be readily removed Smcation of Letters Patent. PatentedAug. 15, 1911. Application filed July 20, 1910. Serial No. 572,841.

grate 9 is also providedwith a number of openings 10 for the passage ofthe draft therethrough. So that the main draft which passes up throughthe horizontal.

grate 9 will not be affected I provide a tin or metallic side 11extending downward from each side wall 6 and 7 until each contacts saidflat grate 2. Thus it will be seen that the air currents which passthrough the lat grate 2 into the space between my improved grate and theside walls of the stove will be drawn through the openings 12 in therespective side walls 6 and 7.

Each of the front, rear and side walls slants inwardly as it extendsdownward. Said walls are provided at their upper edges with removablesections 13 which are held to their respective walls by means of pins 14extending from 'each section into the upper edge of its respective Wall.It is necessary to provide these sections so that my grate may be easilyremoved from the stove when itis desired to use the stove for burninglong wood or other form of fuel which could not be adapted to be usedadapted to rest on the usual fiat grate of a stove or heater comprisingfront, rear and respect-1 ve side walls, a horizontal grate supported bysaid walls, the said side walls having openings therein for the pzssageof draft therethrough, a metallic side extending from the lower edge ofeach side wall until it contacts the flat grate of the stove, said rearwall-of the first-qnentioned grate extending downward until it contactsthe said llat grate, the front wall provided with a semi-circularopening therein for the passage of draft, each of the walls extendingslantingly inward as it extends downward.

2. A fire grate of the class described adapted to rest jon theusual flatgrate of a stove or 'heaterjcomprising front, rear and have specificallydescribed respective side walls, a horizontal grate .SUPPOI'tGd by saidwalls, the said side walls having openings therein for the passage ofdraft therethrough, a metallic side extending from the lower edge ofeach side Wall until itcontacts the fiat grate of the stove, the rearwall of the first-mentioned grate extending downward until it contactsthe saidfiat grate, the front wall'provided with a semi-circular openingtherein for the passage of draft, each of the walls extending slantinglyinward as it extends down- Ward, ,each ofthe. Walls provided with aremovable upper section secured to its upper edge, each section held toits respective wall la by means of pins extending from each sectionthereinto.

In testimony whereof I aflix my signature, in presence of two'witnesses.

JAMES B. CLARK.

WVitnesses:

R. L. OowA ALICE Bran.

